Kolten Wong’s demotion to the minors was a short one, as the Cardinals have recalled the rookie second baseman from Triple-A just two weeks after optioning him to Memphis.

Wong won the Opening Day job at second base only to be demoted after hitting .225 with zero homers and a .544 OPS in 20 games because the Cardinals decided to give veteran Mark Ellis the full-time job. However, after watching Ellis struggle they’ve decided to turn back to Wong, who was a 2011 first-round draft pick and consensus top-100 prospect heading into this year.

He earned the return to St. Louis by hitting .344 with two homers, five steals, and an .867 OPS in 15 games at Triple-A, although if 15 good games in the minors were enough to make the Cardinals forget about 20 bad games in the majors maybe they shouldn’t have demoted Wong in the first place. Presumably he’ll get a much longer leash this time and, if all goes according to plan, take over the position for the next decade or so in St. Louis.